According to Elliotte Friedman, the NHL and NHLPA have reached a tentative agreement on a 56-game season. https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1340092188160634886 We may not have information about scheduling and an iron-clad start date, and we still don’t have confirmation that the health authorities from all five Canadian provinces that host NHL teams have signed off. But any step [...]
Dobber's offseason fantasy hockey grades – Washington Capitals For the last 17 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 18th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer…er, winter. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice [...]
We are back with Week 2 of our dive into advanced stats and how they are related to projections. Make sure you pick up the Dobber Fantasy Guide for the most up-to-date info out there, but this series should help in understanding why some projections look the way they do and in developing your own. [...]
Let’s get the bad news about Henrik Lundqvist out of the way. The newly-signed Capitals goalie will miss the 2020-21 season because of a heart condition. He was expected to push up-and-coming Ilya Samsonov for starts, but because he signed a one-year contract, it’s possible that he never plays for the Capitals. Hopefully we see [...]
The Florida Panthers have signed left wing Anthony Duclair to a one-year contract worth $1.7 million. The well-travelled Duclair will be joining his sixth NHL team, having already played for the NY Rangers, Arizona, Chicago, Columbus, and Ottawa. His 23 goals with the Senators in 2019-20 was a career high, so he has proven recently [...]
Dobber's offseason fantasy hockey grades – Winnipeg Jets For the last 17 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. This year - let's work backwards, beginning with Winnipeg. The 18th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer…er, winter. This is not [...]
Week four is gone, and we’re getting close to the holidays! If your fantasy team is in need of some holiday shopping, look no further. This week we’re covering Montreal, Minnesota, Los Angeles, and Florida. You can find the previous weeks here, here, here, and here. To reiterate for the uninitiated, this multi-week feature will [...]
We are four weeks from the supposed start of the regular season and there isn’t much hope we get clarity on what that will look like anytime soon. It isn’t expected a deal is reached this week, which then gets them to Christmas week without a deal and the season three weeks away. Even Gary [...]
Welcome back to Forum Buzz, where I peruse the DobberHockey Forums and weigh in on active, heavily debated, or otherwise relevant recent threads, reminding folks just how great a resource the Forums are. Nearly anything might be covered here, other than trades and signings, which usually get their own separate write-ups on the main site and are also normally [...]
Here are the Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - December edition! Nothing really adjusted this month versus last month, other than revealing a major new feature (very helpful). Based on reader feedback, I have put in which way the defensemen shoot (LD and RD). This will help you [...]
